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Letters .Patent No. 81,110, dated August 18, 1868.

` IMPROVEMENT IN HARNE-SS-ROSETTE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY OONGERN:

Beit known that I, CHARLES F. RICBRS, cf the city, county, and State of VNew York, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Changeable HarnesssRosettes; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the'annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a front view of a harness-rosette with my improvements.

Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same. Figure 3 is an end view of the same. Y `Figure 4, a detached perspective view of the fringe-holder of the s ame, shown .on an enlarged scale.`

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several gures.

The object of this improvement is to provide the rosette with a device for attaching the fringesvor other` similar ornaments to it, 'Whiciispraetical and convenient, so that it oanbe attaclied,'detached, or changed in ready manner, and will remain with certainty, when secured, while in use. A r

To enable others skilledin the art to make andse my improvement, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation in detail.I I I A, in tige. 1 and 2, represents the rosette, which is shown as constructed when made of metal. It may be made of any suitable material, representing any desirable ornament, and constructed in the ordinary way, with exception of the lower part, B, in which a T-shapedvslot, C, is formed, shown in iig. 3, on the termination of a tubular case, c. The same is also provided with the usual loop, E, forsecnring it to the harness in tho ordinary way'.

Now, in order to provide the rosette with ribbons, fringes, or similar ornaments, which can be readily changedattaehed, or detached, I employ anat-fringed holder, D, which is made with a broad, slotted end, F, to which theribhons or fringes are attached, und which has on its upperend, I, a spring, G'r,'secured and pro. jecting downwards, and terminating with a small nab or thumb-piece, H,'clcarly shownin Bg. 4.

The narrow part I,`and the spring G of the holder D, are both made'of the same dimension across, and are madeto enter freely on their edge in the large part of the slot C in the rosette. But in thickness, the spring G has to be pressed upon the part F of the holder to en ter thel said part of the slotC, and by means of a narrow part, J', near the nab H on the spring G, which enters freely in the narrow part of the slot C, thc spring G expands after being inserted, and locks the holder in the rosette, while ,it may be readily removed by depressing the spring in withdrawing the same. I,

' With a number of holdersucontaining dilerent ribbons, or differently-colored or ornamented'frnges, tho

i same may be readily changed, one for another.

From the foregoing, it will be seen the device herein Vshown is readily attached or detached. -In consoquence of a change in the weather, in which caso a cos ly fringe may be soiled or spoiled if left remaining on the horses head, it`can be in a moments time detached and preserved by means of this device.

Having fally described my invention, what I claim therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The employment of the detachable fringe-holder D, in combination with the rosette, providedwith the spring G, substantially as and for the purpose herein stated.

. CHS. F. RIGHERS. Witnesses:

Gnoncn S. HANsoRD, R. BonKnsN. 

